Chapter 484: Chapter 484: Cannot Be a Saintly Mother
Sheng Tang let Song Chen confirm that it was indeed the Sheng Family’s doing.
Song Chen managed to settle it within half a day.
The mastermind behind the scenes was indeed Sheng Family’s eldest son, Sheng Siyu.
As it turns out, Sheng Siyu knew a man who ran an underground fight club. This man was quite well-off and had a decent reputation in the city.
He introduced Ma Guoqiang to Sheng Siyu.
Ma Guoqiang said, "I can’t handle this matter myself; I’ll need to have someone else do it. However, the other party is asking for a high price and won’t agree to any share. If you can give me one-tenth of the cut, I’ll make the contact for you. The deposit for the cut and the payment to the other party, both are fifty percent upfront. You need to transfer the money to my account first."
Sheng Siyu was skeptical and hesitated for two days.
He went back to ask the owner of the underground fight club again.
The owner said to him, "Ma Guoqiang can run, but I can’t. If you don’t trust him, I can act as an intermediary."
Sheng Siyu didn’t want to alert the police, fearing that the old man would find out the truth and cut him out of the will, so he didn’t let anyone else handle it.
He personally transferred the money to Ma Guoqiang under the guise of an investment.
Ma Guoqiang also prepared a business plan for him, and Sheng Siyu filed it, making it look like a legitimate business transaction.
Sheng Siyu thought he had covered all the bases.
He calculated that even if Tao Baiyu was caught, there was no financial transaction between them, so it wouldn’t trace back to him; and if anything happened to Tao Baiyu, Ma Guoqiang would surely run first.
As long as Ma Guoqiang ran, the money he gave him would have no trail.
Besides, even if Ma Guoqiang was caught, he would insist it was an investment, so what could they do?
He didn’t know that Ma Guoqiang was doing such dirty deeds behind his back.
"This Ma Guoqiang is a sly old fox. He knew Sheng Siyu had money and figured he might be useful in the future, so he recorded their conversations." Song Chen laughed.
Sheng Tang was overjoyed.
"Brother Song, you’re amazing!" she said, "I thought we’d still end up quarreling with Sheng Siyu in the end."
"No need to quarrel," Song Chen said, "However, he attempted kidnapping but didn’t cause any substantial harm to your family. The final sentence will probably be reduced by more than 50% from the standard sentence for successful kidnapping, so he won’t serve many years."
"It’s okay, as many years as he can get!" Sheng Tang said.
At this time, Sheng Tang’s grandmother grabbed her.
"Tangtang, that Sheng Siyu is the general manager of your grandfather’s company, right? And he is the old man’s son. If he commits a crime, it will definitely affect the company," the grandmother said.
Sheng Tang replied, "It doesn’t matter."
"No one has it easy," the grandmother continued, "Since it was an attempted crime, why not leave it to your grandfather to handle? If it blows up, others will laugh at you."
She wanted to settle things peacefully.
But Sheng Tang had seen enough. She realized that any retreat would only lead to more exploitation.
If Sheng Siyu didn’t go to jail, he would target the Sheng Family again, and even his brother Sheng Siming might follow suit.
"Grandma, the law is the law, and we must abide by it," Sheng Tang said, "If we cover it up, we are disregarding the law and harboring a criminal."
Her grandmother’s face turned serious; she listened to her words.
Sheng Sidong and Fang Mengying remained silent, not knowing what to say.
Given their personalities, they would have advised Sheng Tang to be lenient. After all, they were ordinary people, not harmed, and reluctant to see Sheng Siyu go to jail.
But Sheng Tang was right; if they didn’t report it, it would be harboring a criminal.
Sheng Siyu hadn’t considered their safety when he targeted the entire family.
"Mom, Tangtang is right; we cannot shield criminals," Sheng Sidong said.
The grandmother steeled herself, recalling the prior kidnapping incident, which left her quite frightened.
She no longer worried, nodding in agreement: "We can’t break the law knowingly."
